2025 Caterpillar Forest Machines FM538 LL

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2025 Caterpillar Forest Machines FM538 LL

Makes Log Work Productive and Profitable

The Cat® FM538 is the best choice in its size class for today’s loggers. With its high-visibility forestry cab and factory logging configurations tailored to meet your needs, the FM538 makes your work in the woods more productive and profitable.

Features may include:
  • Remote Troubleshoot is a mobile application that allows your Cat dealer to perform diagnostic testing on your connected machine remotely to help resolve issues quickly and with less downtime.
  • Smart mode helps reduce fuel consumption by automatically matching engine and hydraulic power to working conditions.
  • The dual HVAC system keeps operators comfortable in cold and warm weather.
  • Navigate quickly on the standard high-resolution 254 mm (10 in) touchscreen monitor.
  • The engine’s regeneration system functions automatically with no operator input or interruption to work.

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Highlights

  • Exeter, Rhode Island
  • 2025
  • Caterpillar
  • Forest Machines FM538 LL
  • Model: Cat C7.1
  • Available
  • Shipping - Tilted Cab: 11.2 ft| Handrail: 10.8 ft | Machine - without Front, with Counterweight: 28.3 ft | Machine - without Front and Counterweight: 6.8 ft | Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 66.8 ft | Maximum Working Pin at Stick Nose - 1/2: 57.6 ft | Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 38.6 ft | Staright Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 36 ft | Straight Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 6.7 ft | Straight Maximum/Minimum Loading: 30.6 ft/12.7 ft | Bent Maximum Cutting: 32.8 ft | Bent Maximum/Minimum Loading: 23 ft/8.5 ft

Specifications

  • 2025
  • Caterpillar
  • Forest Machines
  • FM538 LL
  • Medium
  • Model: Cat C7.1
  • Net - ISO 9249: 172 hp | Net - ISO 14396: 174 hp (metric) | ISO 14396: 174 hp | ISO 9249 (DIN) 175 hp (metric)| Power - ISO 14396 (DIN): 176 hp (metric)
  • 4 in
  • 5 in
  • 428 in³ | Biodiesel Capability: B20¹
  • Meets U.S. EPA Tier 4 Final, EU Stage V emission standards.
  • Maximum Travel Speed: 3 mile/h | Maximum Drawbar Pull: 61148 lbf
  • Swing: 11 r/min | Maximum Swing Torque: 72281 lbf·ft
  • Main System - Maximum: 113 gal/min
  • Equipment: 5076 psi | Equipment - Lift Mode: 5511 psi | Travel: 5076 psi | Swing: 3989 psi
  • Tail Swing Radius: 10.3 ft | Counterweight Clearance: 4.2 ft | Max Reach at Stick Nose at Ground Level - General Forestry Road Builder: 28.8 ft | Max Reach at Grapple Mount on Heel at Ground Level - Log Loader Under/Under: 35.9 ft
  • Shipping - Tilted Cab: 11.2 ft| Handrail: 10.8 ft | Machine - without Front, with Counterweight: 28.3 ft | Machine - without Front and Counterweight: 6.8 ft | Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 66.8 ft | Maximum Working Pin at Stick Nose - 1/2: 57.6 ft | Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 38.6 ft | Staright Maximum Pin at Stick Nose: 36 ft | Straight Maximum at Stick Nose in Max Reach Position: 6.7 ft | Straight Maximum/Minimum Loading: 30.6 ft/12.7 ft | Bent Maximum Cutting: 32.8 ft | Bent Maximum/Minimum Loading: 23 ft/8.5 ft
  • General Forestry - Boom Stretched Out: 42.2 ft | Log Loader - Boom Stretched Out: 44.9 ft | Track: 15.3 ft | Track to Center of Rollers: 158 ft
  • 2.5 ft
  • Track: 9.2 ft
  • Transport Width: 11.4 ft
  • 262 gal (US)
  • 5 gal (US)
  • Engine: 7 gal (US)
  • Air Conditioning: The air conditioning system on this machine contains the fluorinated greenhouse gas refrigerant R134a (Global Warming Potential = 1430). The system contains 1.8 (FIX CAB)/2 (48" Riser CAB) kg of refrigerant, which as a CO2 equivalent of 2.574/2.860 metric tonnes.
  • System - Including Tank: 69 gal (US) | Tank: 38 gal (US) | DEF Tank: 11 gal (US)
  • Bucket HD: 1.2 m³ (1.6 yd³)
  • General Forestry: 66140 lb | Log Loader (U/U): 69640 lb